Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-04-16
Does Farming Pays

There are so many things to be
considered in individual cases that
rules cannot belaid down and strict
" adhered TO in any branch of
farming. The man that succeeds
in making farming profitable must
have adaptability to use what he
has to the best advantage.
Should say. because on my
farm there is not all the improved
machinery for growing wheat, that
will give up trying to raise wheat,
1T cannot be none at profit; or be
cause l have no potato planter, dig
ger, and other appliances of the
most approved and expensive kind,
that | will not raise potato be
cause it cannot be done without
these at profit? How many OF
our successful farmers had improv
machinery TO start with? 1t is not
so mnch the machine as tho man
who uses them, that makes them
pay. trust that no one will think
by this do not appreciate good
tools to farm with. If ii man can
buy a thing which will help him to
raise a larger and better crop at
less expense, then he is cert ainly
right, and we advise him to "go
ahead" but don't let us get into
either one OF two rutS-that OF
thinking we cannot do without
things Mir. So and So has, even il
we have 10 run IN debt for them, OF
that We can do without things We
are satisfied would increase our IN
come.
One of the bad things we have
to record of ourselves is, we don't
do lis well as we might in our pres
cut circumstances. For instance,
if we pillow a piece c;relessly. "cut
ana cover" etc. Viii twenty-five
dollar clod clusher, a thirty dollar
roller. one hundred dollar drill and
tive hundred dollar binder be like
" 10 give u profitable crop ofwheatg
We read, perhaps, OF man in our
own State who raises forty bushels
OF wheat per acre. We learn after
INQUIRY that lie used certain i'm
plinent or set otimpliinentS. They
may not he suited TO our farm at
all We must look to the soil we
40 l.. ,,nt ~ SAUNA n I, nv ,n.,,,c far N,
Some have come to doubt whether
the farm pays. 1t must come near
er home than the farm. Can the
farmer himself adapt his talent, la
Dor aud his capital to get profit
from his farm7 Hundreds OF men
are making money on theic farms
every day, many of them were not
he best of farmers to begin with.
Hundreds. Oh the other hand, use
sinking money and getting dis
couraeed every day. Let these
Change farms and the result would
he the same, only more so. 1t is
not the business, nor luck, nor
stock, general orspecialty farming.
Its he man that makes success or
failure.
Whatever crop or thing we raise,
let rs strive to make it desirable.
Study the market and crop reports.
DON'T be 50 deceived as to look on
~ at the prospect in your own Vi
entity. How to buy and sell is
worthy our earnest attention.. The
one who is careful about This will
often see the Speculation or dealer
pocket double his share of profit
Such men label -malr-"fucKy. ii
lie sells as aIule to advantage, but
set it down that lie takes the pa
| erS and gets out Of them the in-
formation which, placed beside his
Judgment, shall make him success
tul i'll this line. Tic time has come
when manual labor must be we'll
seasoned with thought to make
American farming p"y.-N.B Frost,
in Ohio Farmer.
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